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Phone: 408-554-4891
Courses taught:
Aural Skills, Jazz Piano
Bill StevensLecturer - Aural Skills, Jazz PianoBill Stevens is an active jazz pianist, educator, and author. He was the host and pianist for The Jazz Hour at Ruggero Piano concert series (2011 - 2012). He has performed with a variety of groups around the East Coast, including a date at New York City's legendary jazz club Birdland with singer Hilary Kole. Bill has a long affiliation with The Walden School, serving on the faculty of its Young Musicians Program, Teacher Training Institute, and Creative Musicians Retreat. Bill is the developer of Jazz Musicianship, a course of study in jazz theory and improvisation that is thoroughly comprehensive, activity based, and grounded in creative application. A textbook version of this course, Jazz Musicianship, a Guidebook for Integrated Learning, authored by Bill, is scheduled to be published by The Walden School later this year. He has a BM in composition and oral music from Oberlin Conservatory (2000) and an MM in piano performance from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (2002). |
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